PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between George Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sebastian Graghbeck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Penn
vs
Graghbeck

189 cm
27
174 lbs
7 - 11 - 1

180 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 11 - 1, fighting out of New York, George Penn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sebastian Graghbeck!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Jorge Garcia and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Penn looks to land a combination but Graghbeck avoids it well.
Graghbeck jabs at Penn's body.
Penn throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Penn throws a right and a left that both miss.
Penn throws a hook but Graghbeck avoids it easily.
Penn fails with the takedown.

Graghbeck gets the takedown into side control.
Penn tries to buck Graghbeck off but Graghbeck is having none of it.
Graghbeck controls the position from side control.
Penn gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn tries to roll over but Graghbeck keeps him under control.

Graghbeck decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Penn swinging wildly here.
Penn misses with a combination
and Graghbeck counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A clash of legs there as Graghbeck blocks the low kick.
Graghbeck fails in his attempt to clinch.
Graghbeck checks a leg kick.
Graghbeck shoots in but Penn avoids the takedown attempt easily.
No joy there for Penn, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penn shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Graghbeck defends it nicely.
Graghbeck avoids the body shot from Penn.
Penn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Graghbeck.
Graghbeck lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Penn circles away from the clinch attempt.
Penn throws a series of punches but Graghbeck moves out of range.
Graghbeck tries to clinch up but Penn circles away and keeps his distance.
Graghbeck shoots in but no luck this time.
Penn leaves Graghbeck with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
George Penn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sebastian Graghbeck.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Graghbeck takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Graghbeck looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Some wild striking there from Penn.
Graghbeck shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Penn pinned against the cage. Penn gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
George Penn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Graghbeck instigates a clinch.
Penn fails to pull guard.

Penn breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Penn misses with a two punch combination.
Penn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Graghbeck was well out of range. Poor timing from Penn.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graghbeck has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Graghbeck there as he acknowledges the shot.
Penn doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Penn is trying hard to land a takedown here. Graghbeck sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Graghbeck misses with a low kick.
Penn thows a body shot but no joy.
Graghbeck shoots in but no luck this time.
Penn looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Graghbeck keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Penn fails to land with a series of punches.
Graghbeck misses with a straight left.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Penn walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Graghbeck checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Graghbeck throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Penn moves out of range of the leg kick from Graghbeck.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Sebastian Graghbeck will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

A shot to the body from Penn misses
and Graghbeck counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Graghbeck gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Graghbeck looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Penn tries to land knees in the clinch but Graghbeck avoids the damage to the body.
Penn unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Graghbeck avoiding damage as Penn throws knees to the body.
Graghbeck blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Penn goes for a takedown in the clinch but Graghbeck prevents it.
Penn taking a breather.
Penn tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Graghbeck pulls guard successfully.
Penn trying to control but Graghbeck is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn advances position into side control!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The strikes coming from Penn are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Graghbeck managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Penn.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Graghbeck dodges the ground and pound from Penn.
Graghbeck pushes Penn away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Penn gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Penn misses with the ground and pound.
Penn wants to control but Graghbeck is keeping him busy.
Graghbeck is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graghbeck trying his best to control but Penn has mounted him.
Graghbeck blocking the ground and pound.
Penn with shots to the head and body - Graghbeck looks very uncomfortable down there.
Penn controlling the position easily from mount.
Penn throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Penn trying to control but he's not successful this time.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Graghbeck working to try and regain half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Penn avoids the attempt from Graghbeck to control.
Graghbeck is looking to improve his position but Penn isn't that keen on the idea.
Penn misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Penn looking to ground and pound but Graghbeck is blocking nicely.
Graghbeck is trying desperately to improve position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Penn looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Penn has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Penn sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Penn looking to control and managing it successfully.

Penn looking to secure an arm triangle but Graghbeck defends it well.
Penn misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Penn dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Penn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Graghbeck was well out of range. Poor timing from Penn.
Penn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Penn throws a right hand that Graghbeck ducks under and follows up with a left that Graghbeck also avoids with ease.
Penn misses the shot to the body.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Graghbeck checks a leg kick.

Graghbeck scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Penn trying to control from the bottom.
Penn is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Penn keeping control of the position.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Penn has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Graghbeck is working away from the top position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.

George Penn has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Penn throws out a loose jab but Graghbeck uses good head movement to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Penn.
Penn misses with a wild body shot.
Penn is looking to wear down Graghbeck with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A jab from Penn misses.
Penn gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Penn shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Graghbeck but Graghbeck pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Penn misses with a wild body shot.
George Penn is winning the standup battle so far.
Graghbeck just misses with a punch to the body.
George Penn is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Graghbeck fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penn connects with a body shot.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Penn is defended easily by Graghbeck.

Graghbeck closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Graghbeck jumps guard and drags Penn to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Penn stopping the sweep attempt from Graghbeck.
Penn looking to sit in guard and control but Graghbeck gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Penn manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Penn cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Penn looking to control but Graghbeck is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Graghbeck tries to lock up and control but Penn gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Penn trying to control but Graghbeck is having none of it.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Penn cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Penn prevents Graghbeck from getting the reversal.
Penn controlling the pace for now.
Penn misses with a head shot.
BOOM! Penn connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Graghbeck tries to hold on but Penn pushes him away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Penn dominating with strikes here.
Penn controlling from mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Penn is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Graghbeck is surviving well by controlling Penn's body position as best he can.

And that's the end of the fight!
George Penn showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Penn has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 29:28
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... George Penn!